Booklist contributor Ott enjoyed the "coalition of morally questionable but humanly delightful characters." BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES: PERIODICALSīooklist, December 15, 1994, Wes Lukowsky, review of Storme Front, p. Upon arriving he finds his friend still alive, and gets into the middle of a feud between scammers, Vegas crime kingpins, and old acquaintances. Bill Ott, reviewing the work in Booklist, wrote that "the plot keeps you guessing, the banter keeps you laughing, and the sexual chemistry keeps you hoping." Pressing the Bet, a Springer sequel, finds the protagonist traveling to Las Vegas to identify the body of an old friend. Springer, with help from friends, devises a plan to get a chunk of the mob money in the process. Springer, a former Secret Service agent and now club pianist, agrees to help protect a mob money-launderer who broke with the mob boss after receiving a (later-to-be-discovered false) cancer diagnosis.
VINCENT STORME CHICAGO SERIES
In 2001 Ripley published Springer's Gambit, starting a new mystery series featuring Cole Springer. Lukowsky, again writing in Booklist, called it "a fine series that has improved dramatically with each installment." She brings in Storme and Easton to help her get to the bottom of the threats. Wes Lukowsky, writing in Booklist, called the book "damn fine entertainment." In the third book of the series, Electric Country Roulette, Storme's anchorwoman girlfriend receives threats when she attempts to cover a story of a woman raped by a famous country-music star. When a simple transaction goes wrong, Storme and Easton find themselves in the middle of the controversy. In Storme Front, Storme tries to help Easton, who is in trouble with some thugs who sell weapons illegally. Dreamsicle first introduces the character of Wyatt Storme, a Vietnam War veteran and former receiver for the Dallas Cowboys football team, and his friend Chick Easton, a heavy-drinking bounty hunter and bodyguard. Ripley published his first book, Dreamsicle, in 1993.
Ripley is a mystery writer who lives in Missouri. Pressing the Bet, Thomas Dunne Books (New York, NY), 2006.
Springer's Gambit, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Holt ( New York, NY), 1995.Įlectric Country Roulette, H. WRITINGS: "WYATT STORME" MYSTERY SERIESĭreamsicle, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1993.
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